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The White Cane

He jostled her a little in the crowd, And she said, "Look out where you're going !" She had not meant her voice to be so loud, And she had seen the white cane without knowing Its meaning. He replied, "I wish I could-" And she looked up to find his face was drawn With sudden pain; and then she understood"The last f saw was stars in Meuse-Argonne !"

She could not think of anything to say, Shame gripped her throat, and would not let her speak; She bowed her head, and hurried on her wayWhen she had kissed him softly on the cheek. And when she sees a white cane, she will know Its meaning; lost horizons-vanished dawnAnd hear a voice, deliberate and slow"The last I saw lvas stars in Meuse-Argonne !"

-Glenn Ward Dresbach.

The Colorful Language Of The Trucker

"American Speech" recently reviewed the language situation, and gives these examples of expressions especially familiar to the truck driver:

A truck that does not leak oil, grease, or water is "house broken." A refrigerator truck is an "ice wagon." An antiquated truck is a "dog wagon." A nitroglycerin truck is a "boom wagon," and the driver of same is a "suicide jockey." Police are simply "the men." A truck that uses too much gas or oil is said to be working for Standard Oil, while one with a noisy engine is a "cement mixer." A poultry truck is a "cackle wagon." A sugar truck is a "crate of sand." If there is no glass in the truck cab it is called a "pneumonia sedan." A sleeper bus is a "pajama wagon." When a driver goes through a tunnel, that's called "a ride in the cellar." When he coasts to a parking place he "beaches her." To wreck a truck is to "stack it up." A driver who leaves the cab window open in cold weather is "training to be an Eskimo."

Soldier And Surgeon

To Captains in the battle stand, Armed with the keen, the glittering steel ! Obedient to a stern demand, One wounds to slay. The other wounds-to heal !

Ballad Of Sahara Sue

Sahara Sue let down her veil, and slowly winked her eye, At Private Oscar Vincent Beck, a-promenading by. Now Private Beck was wont to take his romance as it came, But four M.P.'s were shadowing this sultry Arab dame.

He couldn't see the lady's shape, her robe was loose and wide, But his imagination told, of pulchritude inside. Her face would pass, thought Private Beck, for beauty in Oran, FIer eyes were black and full of guile, like Cleopatra's pan.

Sahara Sue kept on her stroll, she turned into a street, As narrow as a Pu[man aisle, and off the M.P.'s beat; While Beck, to fool the army cops, went by without a glance, And they turned back the other way, to give the guy a chance.

The coast was clear, so quickly Beck turned in where Sue had led, The M.P.'s beat him to her door, and this is what they said:

"The season's closed in Africa for hunting Arab quails; It's Eisenhower's orders, Bud-don't talk to gals with veils."

-Dan Steele.

Paperhanger

And then there was the paperhanger who was being inducted into the army, and who was heard to remark to his squad mates: "That fellow Hitler! How I hate him! Ffe's a disgrace to our profession!"

Definite

The new rookie was told by the Sarge to grab a pail and mop and broom and soap and do a thorough job of cleaning up the Captain's room. IIe went to work busily, and soon had the place clean and shining, except the floor. The floor was still definitely dirty. In walked the Captain about that time, and soon discovered the condition of the floor.

"Soldier," he said, sternly, "didn't you wash the floor?,,

"No," said the rookie.

"No what?" thundered the Captain.

"No mop," said the rookie, without blinking an eye.